Redefinicja idei w polskim systemie ubezpieczeń społecznych

The Polish social security system was partially re-defined in 1999, however, the re-definition concerned only retirement and accident insurance at that time (excluding sickness and disability insurance). This re-definition was based, among other things, upon a change in the concept of the system's functioning, from the principle of solidarity to the principle of individual precaution. This change meant, in fact, the privatization of the Polish social security system. Unfortunately, the implementation of the redefinition ideas resulted in a significant decline in the financial effectiveness of the social security system in Poland. This article presents the lack of uniformity of the social security system in Poland and the financial effects of the solutions that are being currently applied. The conclusions presented in the paper indicate the possible directions of corrective actions aimed at unifying the system to make it coherent and financially effective. The research method used for the purposes of the study was an analysis of documents (legal regulations regarding the social security system and financial reports of the Social Insurance Trust Fund (FUS). The research tool used to evaluate the financial efficiency of the existing solutions was the financial efficiency meter of the system, developed for the purposes of the analysis.